Larger funds face performance barriers

The smallest funds in the UK All Companies sector have typically beaten larger counterparts over the past year

Managers of some of the largest funds in the UK All Companies sector have struggled to produce high returns over the past year while those running some of the smallest funds have fared much better. Investment Week looked at the 10 smallest and 10 largest funds in the UK All Companies sector to examine quartile performances over the past 12 months. Two of the smallest funds, Marlborough Ethical and Fiduciary UK Equity, have yet to achieve their one-year track records but of the remaining eight, half have produced top-quartile returns over the past year, with one producing second-quartile p...